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In The NEWS
 Left to Right: Jeremy Visnesky - Best Buy Charlottesville General Manager, Emily Gardiner - CYFS/RESP Youth Council member, Paige Nolt and Aisha Hayat - CYFS/RESP Teen counselors,
Rachel Schneller CYFS/RESP Youth Council member.
BEST BUY Giving Goes Local with $6,000 Grant to Support Runaway Emergency Services
CYFS is pleased to announce a grant of $6,000 from the Best Buy Children’s Foundation to support the Runaway Emergency Services Program (RESP).
Best Buy uses its Community Grants to allow local stores to support local programming that provides opportunities for young teens that are related to education, life skills, leadership skills or relationship development. Their generous grant to CYFS will support counseling for teens to help them improve their relationships with their families. Services are directed at teens that have run away from home, are homeless or are at risk of running away. The counseling services are designed to ensure that they are safe and off the streets. Prevention efforts help teens in crisis work on healthier relationships to avoid becoming runaway or homeless. Over 245 local youth will benefit from services this year.
CYFS Earns FACT Award to Support Parent Education
CYFS is pleased to announce a grant of $10,000 from the Family and Children’s trust Fund (FACT) of Virginia. The Family and Children’s Trust Fund supports local programs in Virginia that provide support and education services to prevent and treat violence in families.
This grant will be used to offer our parenting class series called “Surviving the Teen Years—It Can Be Done,” a six-week course that uses the nationally recognized STEP curriculum to help families adapt to living with teenagers. Both parents and teens participate in these classes where they develop new methods for communicating with each other, resolving conflicts, and managing stress and anger. The program provides help to families at-risk for violence or other problems, and many parents are referred by the court system, social services, counselors and schools. Others learn about the classes in newspapers, newsletters, or through word-of-mouth. “Surviving the Teen Years” has helped many families find a more positive and effective way to grow together through the teen years. Over 80% of the parents and teens participating in our parenting classes say their family relationships are improved as a result, and 91% of referral sources say they saw the parents trying to use what they learned to better parent their children.
The Family and Children’s Trust fund is administered by a Board of Trustees appointed by the Governor to raise and distribute funds to local communities for family violence prevention, treatment and public awareness throughout the Commonwealth of Virginia.
 left- CYFS Board President Mary Lewis Meado, right- CYFS Executive Director Jacki Bryant
CYFS Board of Director Wins United Way Excellence in Board Governance Award
The United Way – Thomas Jefferson Area honored several nonprofit boards of governance Thursday evening.
The Excellence in Nonprofit Board Governance Award went to the Board of Directors of Children, Youth & Family Services. The nonprofit got $2,000 for winning. more
CYFS Honors Advocates for Work in Community- Watch the Community Breakfast on Charlottesville Public Access Channel 10. It will air every Thursday at 1 pm and every Friday at 5 pm.
The Senior Center Inc. and long-time community advocate Emily Dreyfus were honored Thursday for their efforts and policies supporting children and families in the region and the workplace. more
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